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Takahiro Ueda

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Ueda Takahiro

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1979-02-26 （Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist
活動期間
2013年〜
所属
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (member, since 2023)
所属団体
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
影響を受けた人物
Haruki Murakami, Gabriel García Márquez, Kurt Vonnegut
ノミネート
27th Mishima Yukio Prize nominee (Taiyo), 152nd Akutagawa Prize nominee (Wakusei), 154th Akutagawa Prize nominee (Friends of a Foreign Land), 38th Noma Literary New Face Prize nominee (Friends of a Foreign Land), 39th Noma Literary New Face Prize nominee (Tower and Gravity), 40th Oda Sakunosuke Prize nominee (Saiai no)

学歴

Waseda University, Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law / Department of Law
学位: 学士（法学）
国: Japan

受賞歴

Shincho Newcomer Prize
2013
対象作品: Taiyo ("Sun")
主催: Shinchosha
結果: 受賞
Mishima Yukio Prize
2015
対象作品: My Lover
主催: Mishima Yukio Prize Selection Committee
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (New Artist)
2018
対象作品: Tower and Gravity
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Akutagawa Prize
2019
対象作品: Nimrod
主催: Akutagawa Prize Selection Committee
結果: 受賞
Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award
2022
対象作品: Tabi no Nai (No Journey)
主催: Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Shimase Love & Romance Literary Award
2024
対象作品: Saiai no (The Most Beloved)
主催: Shimase Love & Romance Literary Award Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Sun & Planet

2014年 Short fiction

Debut short story collection including "Taiyo" and "Wakusei"; demonstrates a style where reality and conceptual imagination intersect.

lonelinessimaginationreality vs. ideas

My Lover

2015年 Novel

A novel on the theme of love that weaves conceptual ideas with lived emotion. Winner of the Mishima Yukio Prize.

loverelationshipsideas vs. reality
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage play] My Lover (stage adaptation) / 渡辺えり (2019)

Friends of a Foreign Land

2016年 Fiction

A collection exploring foreignness and otherness, including pieces that were nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

foreignnessothernessloneliness

Tower and Gravity

2017年 Fiction

A work weaving multiple narratives with conceptual motifs; adapted for the stage as "Niku no Umi".

towergravityconceptual motifs
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage play] Niku no Umi (Sea of Flesh) / 渡辺えり (2018)

Nimrod

2019年 Fiction

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize; contains stories that probe loneliness, loss, and the human interior.

lonelinesslossmemory

Q

2019年 Novel

A novel serialized in Shincho and on Yahoo! JAPAN; notable for its contemporary style and structural experimentation.

timeidentitystructural experimentation

Tabi no Nai (No Journey)

2021年 Short story collection

A collection of diverse short stories; includes the work that won the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award.

travelabsencerelationships

Saiai no (The Most Beloved)

2023年 Fiction

A novel centered on love and loss; winner of the Shimase Love & Romance Literary Award.

lovelossmemory

全著作

  • Sun & Planet
  • My Lover
  • Friends of a Foreign Land
  • Tower and Gravity
  • Nimrod
  • Q
  • Tabi no Nai
  • Lack of Gravity
  • Saiai no
  • K+ICO
  • Stories of Multi-headed Beasts
  • Things Unrelated

翻案

  • Niku no Umi (from Tower and Gravity)
  • My Lover (stage adaptation)
  • 2020 (stage play written by Takahiro Ueda)

作風・主題

文体
conceptual and symbolic prose"New Transcendence" (term used by Toshiki Matsuura)works that cross literary fiction and SF
頻出モチーフ
towersgravitylonelinesslovetimetechnology

評価・遺産

A prize-winning contemporary Japanese author noted for blending literary fiction and SF, with a strong emphasis on conceptual imagery. His works have been adapted for the stage and have gained broad critical attention.

関連学会

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

大衆文化への影響

  • Stage adaptations and theatrical productions

引用

  • One feels a determination to take off from mundane reality and let the imagination fly up to lofty conceptual heights.
    出典: Asahi Shimbun (conversation between Toshiki Matsuura and Yukiko Konosu) (2016年)

豆知識

  • Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Law
  • Participated in founding a B2B solutions company and served as an executive
  • Debuted with "Taiyo", winning the Shincho Newcomer Prize (2013)
  • Selected for Granta Japan's "Best of Young Japanese Novelists 2016"
  • Joined the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan in 2023